Status Updates From Price of a Rose: A Beauty &...

Wait! Don’t you want a tour of the garden? Of what I’ve done? Why are you storming away?”
“Am I storming away, Miss Parker? I thought I was strolling. Strolling on my property.” His thick eyebrows climbed high on a forbidding forehead.
“Strolling if you must, but with emphasis.” She saw the corner of his lips twitch. "See, you can smile!”
“Smiling? I’ve never heard of it.”
“Stop teasing me.”

adorable 🥺

However, Rose didn’t blink or cower. She was too fascinated to feel fear or want to run away. Instead, she found herself blurting, “You have the most magnificently ugly face I’ve ever seen.”
“Am I to take that as a compliment?” he roared.
“You should. I mean it sincerely,” replied Rose contritely.

first meeting 👀💕